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Quantitative Assessment of Cortical Auditory-tactile Processing in Children with Disabilities
Published on: January 29, 2014
Central auditory processing outcome after stroke in children
Karla M I Freiria Elias1, Carolina Camargo Oliveira1, Marina Junqueira Airoldi1
1Departamento de Neurologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To investigate central auditory processing in children with unilateral stroke and to verify whether the hemisphere affected by the lesion influenced auditory competence.
Method:
23 children (13 male) between 7 and 16 years old were evaluated through speech-in-noise tests (auditory closure); dichotic digit test and staggered spondaic word test (selective attention); pitch pattern and duration pattern sequence tests (temporal processing) and their results were compared with control children. Auditory competence was established according to the performance in auditory analysis ability.
Results:
Was verified similar performance between groups in auditory closure ability and pronounced deficits in selective attention and temporal processing abilities. Most children with stroke showed an impaired auditory ability in a moderate degree.
Conclusion:
Children with stroke showed deficits in auditory processing and the degree of impairment was not related to the hemisphere affected by the lesion.
